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Monday, August 25, 2014

getting back on track

It’s been about eight months since surgery and I’m down a total of 120 pounds! I wasn’t even expecting that. With the move going on, and all the chaos that ensues afterwards, I haven’t been weighing myself or watching my diet too closely. I was shocked when I got on the scale this morning and I was down 7 pounds since I weighed myself a few weeks ago. I weighed myself three times in a row, because I thought maybe the scale was wrong. I live in an old house and the floors are uneven. Uneven floors can cause a scale to read incorrectly.

I decided to go back and review my blog posts to see what I said my next goal would be and when I’m supposed to reach it. I said that I would lose 43 pounds, which would bring my weight to 200 pounds, by October 1. Since I only have a little over a month until the deadline, I’m thinking I won’t make it. Although if I closely monitor my diet and exercise, I might be able to do it. I need to stop eating all the crap that coworkers bring in to work. Seems like a never-ending stream of food coming into this place. Between birthdays (3 in the last two weeks!); celebrations for Cinco de Mayo, Memorial Day, Labor Day, etc.; coworkers bringing in food they don’t want or didn’t like; and people treating the office to bagels, it seems like there’s outside food at least twice a week. Given that I’m unhappy and bored at my job, all I want to do is eat. I find myself wandering into the break room and eating things I wouldn’t normally eat because I’m bored and I want a distraction. That’s getting me into trouble, because it’s making me crave other things. And it also caused me to have my first dumping episode, which I save for another post.

So, over the next five weeks I am going to make a big effort to get myself back on track. Yes, I’m still losing weight, but I’m falling into bad habits and that’s not a good thing for the long term. Who knows? Maybe I’ll lose 23 pounds in that time. Wish me luck!

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My name is Dawn and I'm a weight loss surgery (“WLS”) patient. After 20+ years of trying everything I could think of to lose weight and keep it off, I had a gastric bypass on 12/23/13 at the age of 39. It took me 10 years to make the decision to have surgery; it’s not a minor thing to be taken lightly. Many people say that WLS patients should journal or blog about their experiences so, when the going gets tough, they can look back and see all the progress they made. For me, it’s more about just getting my experiences out there. Maybe someone else is going through the same issues I am. I blog about products I love (or despise), my cats (I'm a "crazy cat lady"), my weight loss, and whatever else I want to toss in there.